GeForce 7950 GT and Radeon X850 XT AGP - video card comparison
GeForce 7950 GT
Radeon X850 XT AGP
Architecture
Curie (2003−2013)
R400 (2004−2008)
GPU code name
G71
R481
Market segment
Desktop
Desktop
Release date
August 2006
February 2005
Interface
PCIe 1.0 x16
AGP 8x
Supplementary power connectors
1x 6-pin
1x Molex
Core clock speed
550 MHz
520 MHz
Manufacturing process technology
90 nm
130 nm
Number of transistors
278 million
160 million
Power consumption (TDP)
65 Watt
69 Watt
Texture fill rate
13.20
8.320
Memory type
GDDR3
GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount
512 MB
256 MB
Memory bus width
256 Bit
256 Bit
Memory clock speed
1400 MHz
1080 MHz
Memory bandwidth
44.8 GB/s
34.56 GB/s
Display Connectors
2x DVI, 1x S-Video
1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
DirectX
9.0c (9_3)
9.0b (9_2)
OpenCL
N/A
N/A
OpenGL
2.1
2.0
Shader Model
3.0
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Vulkan
N/A
N/A